From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Higher education and the global economy.

Hello again, I'm Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

The daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Rising costs are put in college and university degrees out of reach for more and more young Americans.

Family incomes just aren't keeping up, and student loans are saddling graduates with more and more debt.

For the first time in American history, older adults have more education than younger ones,

while other countries are educating their children faster. That is ominous news for a country that attained world

leadership because of higher education. We'll hear more on that today. On reporter's notebook,

O.J. Simpson is going to prison. First, here's the news.

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Warren Olney, back with To the Poe. Even when the recession is finally over, the U.S. may have

problems competing with the rest of the world. That's because recession is finally over, the U.S. may have problems competing with the

rest of the world. That's because of a growing education gap. Family incomes aren't keeping up

with the rising cost of higher education. We'll hear what that means for young people and America's

competition in the global economy. On reporter's notebook, O.J. Simpson gets a minimum sentence of at least

15 years in prison.

We'll hear what happened in a Nevada courtroom. First this news update, 533,000 Americans lost their

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